Accessory stand



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March 20, 1934. A, E, KRICK ACCESSORY STAND Filed June 15, 1932 ZSheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 20, 1934 uurrso STATES PATENT QFFIQE 1,951,662 ACCESSORY STAND Arthur E. Krick, Indianapolis, Ind. Application June 15, 1932, Serial No. 617,403

2 Claims. (Cl. 240

My invention relates to accessory combinations. It has for its objects the production of an accessory and lamp stand which may be mounted on a table-top corner in a position where it will not interfere with the use of the table top nor with the freedom of movement of persons seated at the adjacent sides of the table, and where the light from the lamp will be comfortably available to persons at either or both of those adjacent sides but will not shine in the eyes of the persons seated anywhere at the table; the incorporation in such stand of a convenient mountingwhich will permit ready attachment to and removal from the table; and a construction in such stand which will make its lamp conveniently usable in combination with a floor base to form a floor lamp.

My accessory combination comprises essentially a lamp stand, but it includes in combination therewith such accessories as an ash tray, a match holder, and/or tumbler receptacles, disposedconveniently forready use without obstructing the free use of the table and table top.

In accomplishing the objects of my invention, I provide a table-base adapted to be supported by the corner of a table-top and having a pair of legs.

diverging from the point of support along the sides of the table top with means at their ends adapted to bear against the bottom side of the table-top; and I mount on that table-base a lamp support or riser adapted to hold a lamp in a position diagonally outward from the corner.

of the table and considerably above the table top.

Conveniently, I place an ash tray at the junction between the two table-base legs, where it partly overlies the corner of the table and serves both as an ash tray and as a support for the table-base; and I may associate with the tablebase a match holder and a pair of tumbler receptacles.

Desirably, the lamp support is detachably mounted on the table-base and I provide a floorbase on which the lamp support may be mounted when not in use with the table-base.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention: Fig. 1 shows a conventional card table having mounted thereon two accessory combinations embodying my invention;v Fig. 2 shows one form of lamp support or riser for use in my accessory combination; Fig. 3 is a plan of atablebase for use in a combination embodying my invention; Fig. 4 is a vertical section of a table lamp-base showing the lower end of the lampsupport attached thereto; Fig. 5 shows the riser of Fig. 2 attached toa floor base; Fig. 6 shows a modified form of floor base and riser; and Fig. 7 shows an end fitting for the table-base of Fig. 3, for mounting the modified form of riser shown in Fig. 6.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive there is a table-base, shown specifically in Fig. 3, composed of a pair of legs 10 adapted to lie along adjacent sides of a tabletop, and integral with an arm 11 adapted toiproject diagonally outward from the corner of such table top where the said adjacent sides of the table top meet. The free end of each of the' legs 10 is provided with a finger 12 for hearing against the bottom side of the table top, and each finger may be adjustable, as by being pivotally attached to a leg 10 by means of a bolt and thumb screw 13, desirably with a friction washer interposed between each associated finger and leg. Where the two legs 1i) meet and join the arm 11, there is a plate 14: disposed in position to rest on the corner of the table top; and this plate 14 may be in the form of an ash tray. Also, a match holder 22 may be mounted on the arm 11, next to the ash tray formed by the plate 1%.

Conveniently, the arm 11 is formed as an inverted channel, and the legs 10 are continuations of the sides of such channel, the Web being suitably cut away and the sides then each bent outward through an angle of approximately 45. The legsmay be held in their bent position and braced by the plate 14, by leaving on each during the cutting operation a tab 19 and securing such tabsto the under side of the plate 14, and also securing such plate to the web of the arm 11.

My table base, when in place on a table, may be considered as resembling a lever, fulcrumed either at the corner plate 14- or at the fingers l2, andprevented from rotation in one direction about such pivot by the ctherpossible fulcrum point. The arm 11 will thus resemble a cantilever beam, and its end will be available as a support.

This arm 11, extending outwardly from the table corner, is adapted to receive at its outer end a sleeve 15 from which there extends upward- 1y 2. riser 16 surmounted by a light socket 1'? cl. ordinary construction. Conveniently, the riser 16 is tubular, and encloses wires 18 connected to the usual contacts of the socket 17 and adapted to be connected to a suitable source of electricity in the usual manner.

The length of the arm 11 and of the riser 1'6 areso proportioned that the socket 17 will be outside the normal range oi vision of a person seated at either of the adjacent sides of the table top, and so that a bulb inserted in such socket 17 and covered by a shade will supply light comfortably to persons seated at the two adjacent sides of the table, and yet will not throw light into the eyes of persons seated at the other two sides of thetabl'e.

I may associate with my lamp stand other con veniencesbeside the ash tray formed by the plate 14. Thus, I may provide a pair of tumbler receptacles, which are conveniently formed integral with the sleeve 15 and'located at opposite sides thereof.

The sleeve 15 and the tumbler receptacles 27 are conveniently made integral as a sheet-metal part. For this purpose, a suitable cut piece of sheet metal may be bent downwardly on two parallel lines to form two parallel vertical sides; part of each depending side may be bent outwardly along lines spaced from the first bends and suitable projections bent upwardly from such outwardly bent parts, to form the bottom and sides of the tumbler receptacles; other parts of the depending side being bent inwardly to complete a sleeve end adapted to closely but slidably embrace the end of the arm 11. The riser 16 may be threaded at its lower end and provided with a collar at the upper end of such threading, and such threaded portion may then be inserted through a hole in the web of the sleeve 15 and receive a nut on its end. The tightened nut will hold the riser rigid with the sleeve, and will form a stop for the end of the arm 11.

It will be noted that the sleeve 15 is slidably mounted on the end of the arm 11, so that it may readily be detached from such arm. In order to utilize the lamp when it is not desired to mount it on a table, I may provide a floor-base to which the sleeve 15 and the parts it carries may be attached to form a floor lamp. Conveniently, this floor-base comprises a standard 20 which may be offset as is shown in Fig. 5 and which carries 7 at its upper end a cross member 21; on which may be mounted such accessories as a match holder 22 and an ash tray 23. One end of this cross member 21, however, is left free and is adapted to slidably receive the sleeve 15 in substantially the same way that such sleeve is received by the arm 11.

The modified form of sleeve 25 and riser 26 shown in Figs. 5 and '7 is adapted to be combined with the table-base shown in Fig. 3. As shown, the sleeve 25 is similar to the sleeve 15, and is similarly mountable on the free end of the arm 11. However, with this form of my invention the sleeve 25 and arm 11 may be made integral, for the riser 26, instead of being permanently secured to its associated sleeve, carries at its lower end a plug 30 similar to the usual electrical attachment plug; and the sleeve 25 carries a socket 31 into which the plug 30 may be threaded. The plug 30 and the socket 31 carry the usual electrical contacts, and the contacts of the socket are connected to wires 34 adapted to be connected to a suitable source of current, and the contacts of the plug 30 are connected by wires enclosed by the riser 26 to the lamp socket at the top of such riser 26.

If, in this form or" my invention, the sleeve 25 is detachable from the arm 11, as it is shown, such sleeve 25 with the parts it carries may be combined with the floor-base 20 to form a fioor lamp in the same way that the sleeve 15 and its associated parts may be so combined. However, another form of floor-base particularly adapted for use with the riser 26 which carries the plug 30 at its lower end is shown in Fig. 6. Here, the floor standard 20 is straight and has at its upper end an electrical socket 32 similar in structure to the socket 31 and connected to suitable electrical conductors 33 running through the standard 20.

For use as a table lamp, my lamp stand is assembled by sliding the sleeve 15 or the sleeve 25 on the free end of the arm 11 of the table-base,

and that table-base is then placed in position on a table with the plate 14 resting on the corner and with the two legs 10 lying along the sides of the table. The fingers 12 are then adjusted by means of the thumb screws 13 to a setting suitable for the particular thickness of the table top on which the lamp is mounted, so that the riser 16 will be substantially vertical. When once adjusted, my lamp can be removed from the table simply by lifting it and moving it slightly diagonally outward from the table, and may be replaced easily, without further adjustment.

When the lamp is in position on the table, it will leave substantially all the table top free for use, the only part of the lamp resting on the table being a portion of the ash tray 14; and since the lamp is disposed diagonally outward from the corner of the table, it will not interfere with the free movement of persons seated at the sides of the table.

For converting my lamp into a fioor lamp, it is only necessary to detach the sleeve 15 from the arm 11 and to mount the sleeve 15 on the cross member 21 of the floor-base 20, if the form of floor base shown in Fig. 5 is used. If the form of floor base shown in Fig. 6 is used, it is only necessary to unscrew the plug 30 from the socket 31, and to screw such plug 30 into the socket 32 of the floor base shown in Fig. 6.

It will be readily apparent that my accessory stand is very conveniently usable, especially in connection with the ordinary folding card table. When so used, the lamp of such accessory stand will provide light for the two players sitting next to it; and yet will be in a position where it will not throw light into the eyes of other players either directly or by reflection from cards lying on the table. Thus, the lamp will comfortably provide light for two of the players, and yet will neither blind the other players nor obscure cards on the table by reflecting light from them into the eyes of such other players.

I claim as my invention:

1. An accessory stand table-base, comprising a pair of legs adapted to lie along adjacent sides of a table-top, means at the junction of said legs for resting on the table-top, a finger pivotally mounted on an axis perpendicular to the vertical edge-face of said table-top at the free end of each of said legs, each of said fingers having its end in-turned to engage the lower surface of the tabletop, said mountings being provided with clamping means whereby said finger-ends may be fixed in adjusted position, and a lamp socket supported from said legs and disposed diagonally outward from said junction and above the common plane of said legs.

2. An accessory table-stand, comprising a pair of legs adapted to lie along adjacent sides of a table-top, means at the junction of said legs for resting on the corner of said table-top, a downwardly-extending finger at the end of each of said legs and having its end in-turned to en gage the lower surface of the table-top to prevent upward movement of the ends of said legs, an arm projecting outwardly from the junction of said legs, and a lamp-socket supported on said arm and disposed diagonally outward from such junction and above the common plane of said legs.

ARTHUR E. KRICK. 

